“He was just going on an on about DNA, and even a drop of sweat or, um, a hair falling off your head is enough to put us in jail, because they have DNA on our record,” Komisarjevsky said.

In the end, a weak and beaten Dr. Petit managed to escape, but his wife and daughters were killed. The mom was strangled and the daughters died as a result of the fire set in their house, something Komisarjevsky said he never wanted to happen.

“They did what they were supposed to do. There was no reason for them to die. They were compliant the entire way, both very bright young ladies, even the mother didn’t deserve to die,” he said.